A selective guide to developments in your area
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
Location: White Strand, Doughmore Beach, Doonbeg, Co Clare. Proposed development: coastal protection works comprising augmentation of existing storm beach. Applicant: Doonbeg Golf Club. Appellant(s): James McNulty, An Taisce, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
Location: Joel's Restaurant, Naas Road, Dublin 22. Proposed development: erect a 189-bedroom hotel. Applicant: Joel's Restaurant. Appellant(s): Newlands Residents Association.
Location: 280 North Circular Road, Phibsboro, Dublin 7. Proposed development: change of use from single dwelling to use as six-bedroom residential hostel for care, including associated internal alterations. Applicant: Teenage Care Foundation Housing Association. Appellant(s): Rathdown Road and District Residents Association, Yvonne Nolan and Stephen Corr, Kieran Collins and Anne-Marie Kiernan.
Location: Shauntraud, Killaloe, Co Clare. Proposed development: erect 32 houses. Applicant: Portard Developments Limited. Appellant(s): Ailbe McDonnell and others, Portard Developments Limited.
Location: Coral Seafood Limited and Kellys Garage, 44-47 Watercourse Road, Cork. Proposed development: demolish existing structures and construct a mixed-use development comprising of 57 residential units, offices, car-parking and associated works. Applicant: Frinailla Limited. Appellant(s): Mary Dunne, Patricia and Peter O'Halloran, Frinailla Limited, Kathleen Lynch TD.
Location: Joe McSweeney Shop, former John Denny & Son Building, 147 Snooker Club, Second-hand store and 48-52 Watercourse Road, Cork. Proposed development: demolish existing structures and construct a mixed-use development of 96 residential units, retail units, car-parking and associated works. Applicant: Frinailla Limited. Appellant(s): Mary Dunne, Frinailla Limited, Kathleen Lynch TD.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 93-95 Ranelagh Road, Dublin 6 (protected structure). Proposed development: change of use of 95 Ranelagh Road from residential to office, alteration of dwelling, construction of four mews houses and associated works on a 0.4-acre site. Applicant: Brian O'Sullivan (with revised conditions).
Location: 13 Grattan Crescent, Inchicore, Dublin 8. Proposed development: demolish existing buildings and construct a retail unit, 12 apartments, access, car-parking and associated works. Applicant: Brohoon, Carley, Rigney and Nugent (wth revised conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Church Road, Rolestown, Kilsallaghan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect 49 houses, four apartments, a nursing home, two retail units, two office units, a crèche and medical centre. Applicant: R & S Collins.
SOUTH DUBLIN
Location: Dunnes Stores in LIffey Valley Shopping Centre, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Proposed development: demolish existing loading dock and revised entrance to service yard, extension of 1,193sq m (12,841sq ft) at ground floor level rear to be used for retail use and new loading dock, change of use of stockrooms, administrative area and mezzanine at first floor level to retail use and provide rear extension of 1,083sq m (11,657sq ft) to create a new retail floor of 2,771sq m (29,827sq ft) at first floor level, a new floor of 2,380sq m (25,618sq ft) at second floor level for use as a stockroom and administrative area, provision of plant at roof level and all associated site development works. Applicant: Dunnes Stores.
Location: land at Coolmine, Saggart, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construct a 60-bedroom residential care home and associated landscape works and drainage installations. Applicant: Biblico Holdings Limited.
Location: the Metal Powder International site, Main Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Proposed development: construct a discount foodstores comprising of a single storey structure, 169 car-parking spaces and associated site development works. Applicant: Lidl Ireland.
Location: Mill House, Castle Road, Saggart, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish bungalow and sheds to the rear and construct a three-storey apartment block consisting of eight two-bedroom apartments, seven four-bedroom terraced three-storey houses, 26 car-parking spaces, new vehicular access and entrance gates, boundary wall treatment, all associated drainage, landscaping and ancillary site works. Applicant: Donal Burns.
Location: 15 Cherry Orchard Industrial Estate, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10. Proposed development: demolish existing industrial and office premises, boundary wall and railing and construct a discount foodstores comprising a single storey structure with 163 car-parking spaces and associated site development works. Applicant: Lidl Ireland.
Location: Cherbury Mews, Knocklyon Road, Dublin 16. Proposed development: demolish existing house and construct a split level two/three-storey residential development comprising of three one-bedroom apartments, 12 two-bedroom apartments and one three-bedroom apartment with semi-basement car-parking for 24 cars. Applicant: Thomas and Elizabeth Lee.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Capri, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Proposed development: erect five four-bedroom townhouses together with ancillary site development works including a new bridge for access from Whitechurch Road. Applicant: M Cunningham.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Location: Saint Stephen's Green Hotel (corner of Harcourt Street and Cuffe Street), 3, 4, 5 and 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. Proposed development: permission for the demolition and removal of existing single storey over basement building and the associated walls and fabric at 5 Harcourt Street and to extend the St Stephen's Green Hotel onto this site at 5 Harcourt Street. The development consists of a new seven-storey building over basement comprising of six storeys plus set back seventh storey and containing 27 new bedrooms, two meeting rooms and a separate retail unit. Applicant: Persian Properties Limited.
Location: located on the Malahide Road adjacent to the hotel and apartment buildings at City Junction Business Park Limited, Northern Cross, Malahide Road, Dublin 17. Proposed development: permission for development on a site of 1.504 hectares (consisting of the same site for which outline planning permission was granted for retail and apartment development under Reg Ref 2421/03) to consist of the construction of new urban block (block eight) comprising a five and six-storey structure to accommodate 129 apartments (27 one-bedroom, 93 two-bedroom and nine three-bedroom units), retail units, car-parking and site development works. Applicant: Spectrum Developments Limited.
Location: 49/49a North Strand Road, Dublin 3. Proposed development: construct a residential development consisting of a single block of three and part-four storeys over basement to comprise of 21 apartments (11 two-bedroom and 10 one-bedroom units) with 18 basement car-parking spaces and associated site and landscaping works. The application includes the demolition of the existing office block. Applicant: Karl Scully.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: site bounded to the east by Silloge Avenue, to the west by Pinewood housing estate, to the south by (P.A. Ref: 3881/00), to the north by Silloge Road, Ballymun, Dublin 11. Proposed development: erect 135 dwellings comprising 54 three-bedroom own-door duplex units, 40 one-bedroom own-door apartments, 29 two-bedroom own-door apartments, 10 four-bedroom terraced houses and two three-bedroom terraced houses in 11 separate blocks. Works will include all infrastructural services including access roads to Sillogue Road and Sillogue Avenue, foul and surface drainage, 147 car-parking spaces and associated public open space. Applicant: Ballymun Regeneration Limited.
Location: 149, 149a to 149c (incl), North Strand Road, Dublin 3. Proposed development: construct 66 apartments comprisng 31 one-bedroom, 32 two-bedroom and three three-bedroom units, a medical centre to include a chemist shop and consulting rooms, 64 car-parking spaces at basement level in two five-storey blocks. The application includes the demolition of the existing buildings on site and retention and modification of the existing North Strand facade of the former cinema and altered vehicular access. Applicant: Alan Costello Builders.
Location: Littlegrove, Milltown Road, Dublin 6. Proposed development: demolish existing dwelling and construct 21 apartments in one four-storey and one five-storey block with 26 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Frank Gilmer.
Location: Collinswood, Beaumont, Dublin 9. Proposed development: construct a residential development consisting of 175 units comprising 55 one-bedroom, 62 two-bedroom and 15 three-bedroom apartments as well as one two-bedroom duplex, 35 three-bedroom duplexes, seven four-bedroom townhouses and a crèche in 11 blocks ranging from two to five storeys over basement with 225 car-parking spaces of which 170 will be provided at basement level and 55 at surface level. Applicant: Adroit Co Limited.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Clontarf Castle (protected structure), Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3. Proposed development: permission for development to provide for the continuance of the permitted hours of operation of the multi-purpose room to include its use after 7pms and up to 1am amending conditon number one of Dublin City Council Register Reference Number 1224/02 (ABP Ref: PL29N 200531). Applicant: Clontarf Castle Limited.
Location: 53-58 Church Street, Skerries, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish existing Supervalue retail unit and existing house with all associated outbuildings and construct a mixed-use development consisting of a shopping centre arranged around an internal street accessed off a covered public plaza on Church Street with one large supermarket and eight smaller retail units all at ground floor level. First floor will accommodate office accommodation and restaurant fronting onto Church Street and residential accommodation. Second, third and fourth floors will consist of residential accommodation. The overall accommodation will comprise nine retail units at ground floor with office accommodation at first floor and 64 residential units at first, second, third and fourth floors with 281 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Moriarty Foodmarkets Limited.
Location: Swords Wrought Iron Works, St Colmcilles Court (formerly River Lane), Main Street, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish existing wrought iron workshop and to construct a four-storey building accommodating six two-bedroom duplex apartments to the west of the existing site with eight car-parking spaces. Applicant: Swords Wrought Iron Works Limited.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Rolestown, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construction of a residential development consisting of 59 dwellings comprising 26 three-bedroom two-storey houses (type A), 17 three-bedroom two-storey houses (type B), four three-bedroom two-storey houses (type C) and 12 four-bedroom two-storey houses (type D), all associated site development works, landscaping and car-parking. Applicant: Eastern Homes Limited.
Location: The Grand Hotel, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construct a seven-storey over basement block on the south of the building consisting of six floors comprising 64 bedrooms, an extended hotel foyer area at ground level, a basement car-park, lifts and staircases. A single storey extension to the restaurant on the north face is also proposed. Applicant: Grand Hotel Malahide Limited.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN
Location: Castlepark Court, 54 Castlepark Road, Dalkey, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construct a three-storey residential development consisting of 12 apartments comprising 10 two-bedroom and two three-bedroom units all with private terraces or balconies and a private communal garden space, 20 car-parking spaces (12 underground and eight external), landscaping and ancillary site development works. Applicant: Tuskar Property Holdings Limited.
